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Hudson's Bay

"A FABULOUS FIGURE WHO SAVED A NEW WORLD-FOR THE RULER WHO HAD ORDERED HIM HANGED!"

Highly fictionalized early history of Canada. Trapper/explorer Radisson imagines an empire around Hudson's Bay. He befriends the Indians, fights the French, and convinces King Charles II to sponsor an expedition of conquest.

Top Cast

  • Paul Muni

    Paul Muni

    Pierre Esprit Radisson

  • John Sutton

    John Sutton

    Lord Edward Crewe

  • Laird Cregar

    Laird Cregar

    Gooseberry

  • Gene Tierney

    Gene Tierney

    Barbara Hall

  • Vincent Price

    Vincent Price

    King Charles II

  • Nigel Bruce

    Nigel Bruce

    Prince Rupert

  • Virginia Field

    Virginia Field

    Nell Gwyn

  • Morton Lowry

    Morton Lowry

    Gerald Hall

  • Robert Greig

    Robert Greig

    Sir Robert

Overview

Highly fictionalized early history of Canada. Trapper/explorer Radisson imagines an empire around Hudson's Bay. He befriends the Indians, fights the French, and convinces King Charles II to sponsor an expedition of conquest.

Rating

6.1 / 10
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  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    7 Jun 25, 2022

    This is quite a fun pioneering romp through the pages of the early history of the British in Canada. Centred around the exploits of Pierre Radisson (Paul Muni), his larger than life sidekick "Gooseberry" (Laird Cregar) and the somewhat discredited Lord Crewe (John Sutton), the story depicts their efforts to export hundreds of thousands of extremely valuable pelts to Europe, Muni is on great form as the intrepid entrepreneur who manages to fall in and out with just about everyone from the locals, the French and finally King Charles II (Vincent Price) in London - who grants them a charter to form the now legendary Hudson's Bay Trading Company. The dialogue is quickly paced and quite funny at times, though a bit on the wordy side, and the three gents manage to keep the action coming thick and past - with (perhaps only a scant) nod to history as they go. Gene Tierney only fleetingly provides the love interest for Crewe and Virginia Field is also on hand to demonstrate that Nell Gwynn had more than a little influence on her Sovereign. The photography is suitably grand in the wilderness and sumptuous at King Charles' court, and Alfred Newman's score helps this adventure story to entertain.

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